Category: GARDENING TIPS

Did you know? The more trees you have around your house, the lighter the colored paint should be! Light colored siding highlights thickly planted shrubs and trees. It also shows off darker colored flowers better. On the contrary, dark paint hides the fact a home is lacking trees and shrubs. “Throughout the early Victorian period, Read More

It’s that time of year! snuggle up in your favorite chair with your pumpkin latte and build your garden for next year! Decide on Your Style!             With fall on our heels, it’s a cozy time to flip through garden magazines, books, and Pinterest for garden ideas. If you haven’t started your flower garden, or Read More

Blooming Season is just around the corner and what you do in April will bring luscious growth and flowers May – September. You’ll need: Leather gloves are a must when you’re handling roses! Those thorns aren’t just sharp, they have a toxin on them that makes a cut hurt! Bucket of bleach water Clippers  I Read More

It’s March! Time to work the soil after the frost and plant those cold loving plants! Peas, Beans, and sweet peas love it when the soil is cool. In fact if you wait till the soil warms up, you’ll stunt their growth. Check your planting zone and once the fear of ice and snow is Read More

It’s Spring! Or at least it’s early spring and time to trim the roses. Remember we trimmed them to thigh high on Columbus Day, but now it’s President’s Day and time to trim them to shin high. Get your leather gloves out–roses leave painful sores if you don’t wear your gloves! I like these thorn Read More

I know it’s winter and the garden is sleeping, but prepping in January and Feburary inspires prolific summer blooms. Here are 10 tips for your winter to do list: Trim the roses back on President’s Day to thigh high. (Remember you trimmed them to thigh high last October on Columbus Day, allowing for 6″ of Read More